THE 
QUEENSLAND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 
ANNUAL MEETING- HELD ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1865. 
(From the Queensland Guardian December 6, 1865.) 
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The annual meeting of the above society 
was held on Monday, December 4, in the Mu- 
nicipal Chambers, the President (Chief Justice 
Cockle), in the chair. The business of the 
evening commenced with the reading of the 
minutes by the Secretary, Rev. John Bliss* 
The minutes being confirmed, the Secretary 
proceeded to read as follows the annual 
report : — 
Annual Repoet, 1865. 
“ In reporting the proceedings of the 
Society during tbe past year, the Council have 
pleasure in stating that the number of members 
continues steadily to increase. 
“ Nine meetings have been held, at which 
five original papers have been read by different 
members, and also two communications from 
Mr. Wilson, of Adelaide, a corresponding 
member. 
“ It is with regret that the Council have to 
report that the meteorological observations 
have not been received, in continuation of the 
valuable collection already in the possession of 
the Society, and this loss is the more to be re- 
gretted in consequence of the somewhat un- 
usual character of the season. 
“ The first supply of scientific periodicals 
has been received, and are now available for 
the use of members. The succeeding numbers 
will be received regularly by post. 
“ The first shipment of books ordered by 
the Society is on board the ship Clan Alpine> 
which is daily expected to arrive, and the re- 
main ler will follow at an early date. 
“ The Treasurer’s statement shows a balance 
of £109 3s. 8d. to the credit of the 
Society.” 
Chief J ustice Cockle, F.R.S., then delivered 
the following address : — 
In the discharge of the duties of the office 
with which you have honored me, I have this 
evening to deliver the anniversary address pre- 
scribed by the rules of the Society, and to 
thank you for the confidence which you have 
reposed in me. To the report of the council I 
have nothing to add. We may now, I think, 
venture to congratulate ourselves on the sta- 
bility of our Society, and to indulge hopes that 
each succeeding year will bring us an accession 
of members, and, with it, an increase of activity 
and an enlargement of our sphere of useful- 
ness. We must not allow ourselves + o doubt 
but that the noble examples set us by New 
South Wales and Victoria will be followed 
here, and that the same success which has at- 
tended the scientific societies formed in those 
colonies, will await this, our kindred institu- 
tion, in Queensland. We gladly welcome all 
who are willing to work with us, and our sole 
test of brotherhood is a desire to co-operate in 
the communication and diffusion of informa- 
tion. No more convenient record than our 
proceedings offer can be found for those obser- 
vations which, in a new country, daily 
present themselves to such as have the 
inclination or the ability to seek for 
them. And we may confidently point to 
the pages of our transactions as containing 
